head of a Makara, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1700

Identification

Title(s)

head of a Makara

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-87

Description

Kop van een makara (draak)

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1600 - c. 1700

School / style

Ming-dynasty (1368-1644)

Material and Technique

Physical features

limestone

Material

limestone

Measurements

height 30 cm × width 32 cm × depth 69 cm

Subject

What

dragon

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Léon Wannieck, Paris, 1930)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from Léon Wannieck, Paris, frs. 7,500, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1930;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Aziatische kunst, Jan van, 1965- Campen, cat.nr. p. 123, afb. B
Asian art, Jan van, 1965- Campen
Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 59, cat.nr. 35
Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 89
Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten, 1932 (dec.) p. 367, afb. 1

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